Washing fruit & veg before eating/cooking

[softybabe]

Do you? (Obviously talking about the fruit and veg that you don't peel.)
I'm torn between doing this and wondering whether it's worth it.

yes, even the ones i peel...i hate grit etc i'm very picky with food

 

[ymu]

I don't bother with fruit. Although I do rub the residue off grapes onto my jumper, they're very bitter otherwise; washing them doesn't get rid of it.

Veg usually has a fair bit of mud on it - and if it does, yeah ... I wash it off.

 

[EastEnder]

Obviously mucky veg, like mushrooms / root veg with mud on, then yes, otherwise no.

Seems a bit pointless to be overly concerned about pesticides when you willingly ingest the likes of animal tranquillisers and drain cleaner for recreational purposes...

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Given that I get my veg from the market, or sometimes a stall outside the corner shop, where it's been sitting there in the traffic fumes, and I eat a lot of it raw or very mildly cooked, yeah. I've definitely noticed the difference in the past, eating some pepper and thinking "urgh! What the hell's wrong with this? Oh yeah, I forgot to wash it". Doesn't usually make quite that much difference I suspect though.

Anyway, raccoons wash their food, and that's cute.

 

[_pH_]

Seems a bit pointless to be overly concerned about pesticides when you willingly ingest the likes of animal tranquillisers and drain cleaner for recreational purposes...

lol

 

[pinkychukkles]

Or you smoke, it terms of measuring the risk and improving your health, if you are a smoker then the risks from that surely far far outweigh the risks from pesticides by not washing your fruit. I think humans in general are very poor at comparing the risks of various activities/actions.

 

[electrogirl]

i do with lettuce cos i think it tastes funny if you don't.

otherwise no.